Table B-12.  2005 NPS Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Gender, Race, Hispanic and Service with Civilian Comparison Group (Continued)
                                     
  SERVICE              
GENDER/RACE ARMY*   NAVY   MARINE CORPS   AIR FORCE   TOTAL DoD   18-24 YR OLD CIVILIANS  
ETHNICITY # %   # %   # %   # %   # %   # %  
a. Male & Female Combined                                
                                     
White 45,488 71.83%   24,249 64.27%   26,781 83.65%   14,643 76.70%   111,161 73.06%   21,853,281 78.14%  
Black 7,584 11.98%   7,084 18.78%   2,467 7.71%   2,748 14.39%   19,883 13.07%   3,982,615 14.24%  
AIAN 740 1.17%   2,631 6.97%   425 1.33%   149 0.78%   3,945 2.59%   278,088 0.99%  
Asian 1,292 2.04%   1,847 4.90%   678 2.12%   591 3.10%   4,408 2.90%   1,145,765 4.10%  
NHPI 559 0.88%   457 1.21%   298 0.93%   269 1.41%   1,583 1.04%   83,021 0.30%  
Two or more 350 0.55%   622 1.65%   196 0.61%   242 1.27%   1,410 0.93%   623,315 2.23%  
Unknown 7,311 11.55%   839 2.22%   1,170 3.65%   450 2.36%   9,770 6.42%   0 0.00%  
TOTAL 63,324 100.00%   37,729 100.00%   32,015 100.00%   19,092 100.00%   152,160 100.00%   27,966,085 100.00%  
                                     
Male & Female - Not Hispanic**                                
                                     
White 40,018 71.97%   20,375 64.39%   22,455 83.76%   13,028 76.64%   95,876 73.16%   17,324,241 75.20%  
Black 7,346 13.21%   6,564 20.74%   2,368 8.83%   2,645 15.56%   18,923 14.44%   3,825,485 16.61%  
AIAN 688 1.24%   2,136 6.75%   366 1.37%   127 0.75%   3,317 2.53%   188,457 0.82%  
Asian 1,269 2.28%   1,588 5.02%   655 2.44%   561 3.30%   4,073 3.11%   1,130,541 4.91%  
NHPI 492 0.88%   358 1.13%   260 0.97%   228 1.34%   1,338 1.02%   72,233 0.31%  
Two or more 328 0.59%   419 1.32%   176 0.66%   222 1.31%   1,145 0.87%   495,321 2.15%  
Unknown 5,462 9.82%   203 0.64%   529 1.97%   187 1.10%   6,381 4.87%   0 0.00%  
TOTAL 55,603 100.00%   31,643 100.00%   26,809 100.00%   16,998 100.00%   131,053 100.00%   23,036,278 100.00%  
                                     
Male & Female - Hispanic                                
                                     
White 5,470 70.85%   3,874 63.65%   4,326 83.10%   1,615 77.13%   15,285 72.42%   4,529,040 91.87%  
Black 238 3.08%   520 8.54%   99 1.90%   103 4.92%   960 4.55%   157,131 3.19%  
AIAN 52 0.67%   495 8.13%   59 1.13%   22 1.05%   628 2.98%   89,630 1.82%  
Asian 23 0.30%   259 4.26%   23 0.44%   30 1.43%   335 1.59%   15,224 0.31%  
NHPI 67 0.87%   99 1.63%   38 0.73%   41 1.96%   245 1.16%   10,788 0.22%  
Two or more 22 0.28%   203 3.34%   20 0.38%   20 0.96%   265 1.26%   127,994 2.60%  
Unknown 1,849 23.95%   636 10.45%   641 12.31%   263 12.56%   3,389 16.06%   0 0.00%  
TOTAL 7,721 100.00%   6,086 100.00%   5,206 100.00%   2,094 100.00%   21,107 100.00%   4,929,807 100.00%  
                                     
*   The Army's previously reported NPS accession achievement of 65,019 included three days of accessions in FY 2004 (September 28-30 2004), in conjunction  
     with its FY 2005 recruiting calendar. The number in this report accurately reflects NPS accessions from 1 October 2004 through 30 September 2005.  
**Includes individuals who indicated non-Hispanic ethnicity or did not respond to ethnicity question.              
    Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.                          
    Source: Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, October 2004-September 2005.